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After international aid was suspended in 2023 due to allegations of misuse, support resumed in 2024. The U.S. provided $1.2 billion, while humanitarian needs for the year were estimated at $2.9 billion by OCHA. For 2025, Ethiopia’s needs are projected at $2 billion.

Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Sparks Concerns for African Nations in Crisis – Ecofin Agency

January 28, 2025

Ethiopia: Urgent international action needed to end mass arbitrary detentions in the Amhara Region

As today marks four months since the launch of a state-led campaign of mass arbitrary detention of thousands of people in Ethiopia’s Amhara region in September 2024, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said: 

“The international silence over the mass and arbitrary detention of thousands of people in Amhara region is beyond shameful. Ethiopia’s development partners, as well as African and global human rights bodies, must use their influence to publicly call for the release of all arbitrarily detained people. The world must stop turning a blind eye to Ethiopia’s human rights crisis as the Ethiopian government continues to trample on the rule of law. 

Ethiopia: Urgent international action needed to end mass arbitrary detentions in the Amhara Region